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Synonyms for roguery
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : roh-guh-ree |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈroʊ gə ri |
Top 10 synonyms for roguery Other synonyms for the word roguery
- diablerie
- dirty trick
- funny business
- harm
- high jinks
- hurt
- ill
- impishness
- injury
- misbehavior
- mischievousness
- misconduct
- misdoing
- misfortune
- monkey business
- naughtiness
- outrage
- playfulness
- prank
- prankishness
- rascality
- roguishness
- sabotage
- shenanigans
- sportiveness
- tomfoolery
- transgression
- vandalism
- waggery
- waggishness
- waywardness
- wrong
- wrongdoing
Définition of roguery
Origin :- 1590s, from rogue (n.) + -ery.
- noun mischief
- What iss that but roguery, for all that this Mr. Harness says!
- Extract from : « Strife (First Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy
- And let us have a prelude about all this sort of roguery, like the preludes of our other laws.
- Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
- This is a vile falsehood, devised for some infernal scheme of roguery.
- Extract from : « The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) » by Charles James Lever
- "One must deal with a rogue according to his roguery," Colonel John retorted.
- Extract from : « The Wild Geese » by Stanley John Weyman
- He knew by this circumstance, that it was roguery, not accident, which caused the smoke.
- Extract from : « The Teacher » by Jacob Abbott
- "No lies, no roguery, or I'll have you at the whipping-post," roared the governor.
- Extract from : « Lords of the North » by A. C. Laut
- But how could that be, when there is nothing in it but roguery!
- Extract from : « Dona Perfecta » by B. Perez Galdos
- “I am Mme. Bocardon,” she replied, with the faintest touch of roguery.
- Extract from : « The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol » by William J. Locke
- I have lived as a rogue till I have no other nature than roguery.
- Extract from : « Paul Clifford, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- He did not part from us like one that had any masterpiece of roguery in view.
- Extract from : « The Robbers » by Friedrich Schiller
Antonyms for roguery
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